Read about the difference between traditional massage and Somawürks.
Traditional Massage
Traditionally, massage involved the manual or mechanical manipulation of the muscle and skin to improve mobility and relax the muscle. It was designed to feel good, help stimulate relaxation, and promote circulation through a series of rhythmic, kneading hand movements. Massage allows the blood to carry more oxygen and nutrients, and releases endorphins, the body's natural pain killers, throughout the body.
Massage provides relief from a number of health related issues. It can be important for individuals preparing for and recovering from surgery, as well as those with chronic pain from migraines, fibromyalgia, and thoracic outlet syndrome. Massage therapy may reduce reliance on pain killers, thereby allowing for improved physical awareness of pain patterns and permitting more effective, comprehensive treatment.
Somawürks
Somawürks is structural work that integrates massage with stretching and strengthening motions to aid in mobility and rehabilitation of the body's joints and musculature. Massage and bodywork is exemplified by neuromuscular therapy (NMT), which emphasizes restabilization of the body's skeletal matrix via deep myofascial stretching and trigger point release.
My clients report that Somawürks does not leave your body sore in the same way "regular" massage did.
I am a certified neuromuscular therapist well versed in rehabilitative techniques such as eastern Thai-yoga, a shiatsu, acupressure, and Toy Na massage and western Active Isolated Stretching®, Active Release Technique®, Rolfing®, and My skeletal Techniques®, among others.
Somawürks: to your good health.